Bill Almon

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: November 21, 1952 in Providence, RI us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 11th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Veterans Memorial HS (Warwick, RI) and the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brown University (Providence, RI).

High School: Veterans Memorial HS (Warwick, RI)

School: Brown University (Providence, RI)

Debut: September 2, 1974 (Age 21-285d, 13,539th in major league history)
vs. ATL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 14, 1988 (Age 35-206d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Steve Greenberg

Full Name: William Francis Almon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

3330

846

.254

390

RBI

296

128

OBP

.305

SLG

.343

OPS

.648

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 36 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 8 go ahead

4 Tms
PIT	13
OAK	11
CHW	8
SDP	4

Platoon
vs RHP	20
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Home	19
Away	17

Outs
0	15
2	12
1	9

20 Opps
BOS	5
CHC	3
PHI	3
MON	3
TOR	3
SEA	2
KCR	2
HOU	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
STL	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
NYY	1
DET	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
CLE	1
CHW	1

34 Pitchers
Joe Hesketh	2
Charles Hudson	2
Ed Vande Berg	1
Larry Gura	1
Bo McLaughlin	1
Mike Caldwell	1
Britt Burns	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Steve Farr	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Jim Slaton	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Mark Clear	1
Mark Bomback	1
Rich Gossage	1
Mark Langston	1
Rudy May	1
Bob Ojeda	1
John Tudor	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Pascual Pérez	1
George Frazier	1
Jim Clancy	1
Steve Crawford	1
Mike Krukow	1
Charlie Kerfeld	1
Mario Soto	1
Matt Keough	1
Albert Williams	1
Doug Bair	1
Roy Lee Jackson	1
Charlie Leibrandt	1
Matt Young	1
Steve Carlton	1

13 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	8
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	8
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	17
8	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	5
12-	4
123	2
-2-	2
--3	1
-23	1

60 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	21
1 on	8
2 on	5
3 on	2
Any on	15

Inning
1	3
2	3
3	4
4	7
5	5
6	2
7	5
8	4
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	10
4-6	14
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	3
+1	5
Tied	7
-1	3
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	8

Ahead	12
Tied	7
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	17
LF	8
1B	4
3B	3
PH	2
RF	1
2B	1

OrderPos
9th	11
1st	7
2nd	5
8th	4
6th	4
7th	3
3rd	2

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1976-09-19 (2)	SDP	@	HOU	Bo McLaughlin	behind 0-2	t 6	2	1--		2	2	6	0.289	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Grubb Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1977-08-17	SDP	@	CIN	Mario Soto	tied 0-0	t 4	0	12-		3	8	6	0.209	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Turner Scores; P. Scanlon Scores
3	3	2	1	1977-09-02	SDP		CHC	Mike Krukow	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	5,(1-2) BSSFX	1	2	6	0.107	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1979-08-15	SDP	@	PIT	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-5	t 8	1	---		1	8	4	0.012	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1981-06-10	CHW		NYY	Rudy May	ahead 3-1	b 2	1	---		1	9	6	0.080	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1981-08-11	CHW	@	BOS	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 3-2	t 9	0	---		1	9	6	0.087	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
7	7	3	1	1981-08-13	CHW	@	BOS	Steve Crawford	behind 1-6	t 3	2	12-		3	3	6	0.155	24%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Essian Scores; R. LeFlore Scores
8	8	4	1	1981-09-10	CHW	@	MIL	Jim Slaton	tied 2-2	t 4	2	12-		3	9	6	0.325	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lemon Scores; J. Morrison Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1982-05-05	CHW		TOR	Roy Lee Jackson	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	---		1	9	6	0.059	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	2	1	1982-05-11	CHW	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 0-7	t 5	0	---		1	9	6	0.017	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	3	1	1982-05-12	CHW	@	TOR	Mark Bomback	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	---		1	9	6	0.070	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1982-06-21	CHW		MIN	Albert Williams	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---		1	9	6	0.121	55%		Home Run
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1983-06-27	OAK		KCR	Larry Gura	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---		1	2	7	0.104	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	2	1	1983-07-15	OAK	@	BOS	Mark Clear	behind 5-10	t 9	1	--3		2	7	6	0.008	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lansford Scores
15	15	3	1	1983-07-20	OAK		DET	Doug Bair	ahead 4-2	b 7	2	12-		3	6	6	0.093	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Murphy Scores/unER; D. Lopes Scores/unER; B. Almon Scores/unER
16	16	4	1	1983-08-10	OAK		SEA	Matt Young	behind 1-7	b 5	0	---		1	1	3	0.027	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1984-07-04	OAK	@	BOS	Bob Ojeda	behind 3-8	t 7	1	---		1	9	PH	0.021	4%		Home Run
18	18	2	1	1984-07-16	OAK		BOS	Bruce Hurst	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---		1	2	9	0.113	38%		Home Run
19	19	3	1	1984-07-22	OAK		MIL	Mike Caldwell	tied 4-4	b 7	0	---		1	9	7	0.216	80%		Home Run
20	20	4	1	1984-08-03 (2)	OAK		SEA	Mark Langston	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---		1	6	7	0.120	53%		Home Run
21	21	5	1	1984-09-08	OAK	@	CLE	Steve Farr	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	-2-		2	6	3	0.065	96%		Home Run; M. Heath Scores
22	22	6	1	1984-09-12	OAK		CHW	Britt Burns	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	7	0.106	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	7	1	1984-09-28	OAK		KCR	Charlie Leibrandt	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---		1	6	3	0.120	63%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1985-05-25	PIT	@	ATL	Pascual Pérez	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	123		4	8	6	0.197	92%		Home Run; J. Thompson Scores; S. Kemp Scores; D. Frobel Scores
25	25	2	1	1985-06-08	PIT	@	CHC	George Frazier	behind 0-6	t 8	0	1--		2	1	6	0.020	3%		Home Run; L. Mazzilli Scores
26	26	3	1	1985-06-16	PIT		PHI	Charles Hudson	behind 0-3	b 7	2	1--		2	8	PH	0.178	26%		Home Run; S. Lezcano Scores
27	27	4	1	1985-06-19	PIT	@	MON	Joe Hesketh	behind 0-3	t 3	0	1--		2	1	7	0.158	37%		Home Run; J. DeLeón Scores/unER
28	28	5	1	1985-08-05	PIT		MON	Dan Schatzeder	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---		1	1	7	0.103	44%	Lead-Off	Home Run
29	29	6	1	1985-09-16 (1)	PIT		STL	John Tudor	behind 0-7	b 4	2	123		4	1	3	0.118	15%		Home Run; J. Morrison Scores; S. Khalifa Scores; L. Mazzilli Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1986-04-19	PIT	@	CHC	Matt Keough	ahead 7-2	t 5	2	-2-		2	7	5	0.040	98%		Home Run; M. Brown Scores
31	31	2	1	1986-04-26	PIT		PHI	Charles Hudson	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---		1	7	5	0.165	54%		Home Run
32	32	3	1	1986-04-27	PIT		PHI	Steve Carlton	ahead 7-3	b 4	0	---		1	2	5	0.032	95%		Home Run
33	33	4	1	1986-05-03	PIT	@	SDP	Rich Gossage	behind 3-5	t 8	2	-23		3	9	6	0.571	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); M. Brown Scores; T. Peña Scores
34	34	5	1	1986-05-11	PIT		HOU	Charlie Kerfeld	tied 3-3	b 12	1	---		1	9	6	0.424	100%	Walk-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run
35	35	6	1	1986-05-31	PIT		LAD	Ed Vande Berg	ahead 1-0	b 8	0	1--		2	3	7	0.084	98%		Home Run; R. Belliard Scores/unER
36	36	7	1	1986-06-22	PIT	@	MON	Joe Hesketh	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	7	0.103	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)